Cultivating Critical Thinking in Literature Classroom Through Poetry

• Authors: Mahmoud Azizi , Neshat Azizi , Elwira Lewandowska , Peter Majda , Yulia Nickolaevna Gosteva

Abstracts

EN

Aim. The development of learners' CT is considered to be one of the most important skills in today’s fast pacing world.   It has also been regarded as the mainstay of and an important component of literature teaching. However, this is one of those areas that was overlooked mainly in eastern culture in general and in the EFL classrooms in particular.   Methods. To this end, to foster learners' critical thinking skills, a poetry program was specifically designed to draw learners’ attention towards the significance of CT. Through a case study approach,  a poetry program with a focus on culture-specific information was incorporated into the course. Four female students were engaged in a number of tasks in which they gradually learned to think critically through reflecting on and evaluating the assigned poems. A checklist was generated and used to observe and rate students’ CT before and after the intervention through teacher diaries.   Results and conclusion. Analysis of the case study data indicated that students’ CT had improved and they developed good critical habits as a result of their involvement in the intervention. Thus, it was concluded that poetry could be regarded as a useful and effective source for developing critical thinking skills among students.  

Keywords

EN

critical thinking skills; literature; poetry; modern education; transversal competencies; life skills

• Publisher: Fundacja Pro Scientia Publica
• Journal: Journal of Education Culture and Society
• Year: 2022
• Volume: 13
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 285-298

Dates

published

2022

Contributors

author

Mahmoud Azizi

• Department of English, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; University of Mazandaran, Mazandaran Province, Babolsar, Iran

• https://orcid.org/0000000262029154

author

Neshat Azizi

• Department of English, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; University of Mazandaran, Mazandaran Province, Babolsar, Iran

• https://orcid.org/0000000343898597

author

Elwira Lewandowska

• Department of Modern Languages, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; University of Bielsko-Biała

• https://orcid.org/0000000156717340

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Peter Majda

• Theological Institute in Spišské Podhradie. Spišská Kapitula 12, 053 04 Spišské Podhradie The Catholic University in Ružomberok

• https://orcid.org/0000000283102533

author

Yulia Nickolaevna Gosteva

• Department of Russian language, The Institute of Russian language; RUDN University

• https://orcid.org/0000000157203149

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15503/jecs2022.1.285.298

Biblioteka Nauki

18055660